How to Legally Terminate Employees on FMLA Leave
It may seem like firing employees while they're on FMLA leave (or have just returned from FMLA) will earn you an instant trip to the courthouse. But it won’t end this way IF you know exactly how to handle such discipline or terminations.
Find out when and how you can terminate workers legally with How to Legally Terminate Employees on FMLA Leave.
Noted employment attorney Anniken Davenport dissects FMLA rules, telling you:
- Why employees on FMLA leave don't have greater protection from discharge than other employees IF you can show they would have lost their job whether on leave or not. We will show you exactly how to prove that.
- What to do if you discover – during FMLA leave – that the employee was doing her job poorly – or worse, broke the law.
- When you can terminate an employee who used up her leave and isn't ready to resume her duties – and, more importantly, when you can't. (Hint: it depends on whether she’s disabled.)
- What to do if the employee requests FMLA leave and she just started with your company or already used up her leave. (Hint: It may depend on the reason for the leave request.)
- How to spot FMLA abuse and legally terminate the abuser – especially if he’s on intermittent leave or manages to go to his second job – among other abuses.
- And much, much more!
Just 75 minutes can teach you how to safely terminate an employee on FMLA leave and save you thousands of dollars in legal fees (or, worse, in legal verdicts). Get your copy of How to Legally Terminate Employees on FMLA Leave now!
Sincerely,
Pat DiDomenico, Editorial Director
HR Specialist
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How to Legally Terminate Employees on FMLA Leave
About Your Speaker:
Anniken Davenport is a noted employment law attorney and editor of HR Specialist: Employment Law. She has authored several books, including Bullet-Proof Your Employee Handbook and Overtime & Other Tricky Pay Issues, published by HR Specialist. She is the co-author of the upcoming Labor & Employment Law for the 21st Century by Prentice Hall. Anniken has served as a professor at Penn State University, where she taught business law and HR management, and she directed the Legal Studies Program at Wilson College. Her legal career includes representing government units in discrimination and other employment law cases and representing school districts in labor negotiations.
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